Targacept, Inc. Completes Recruitment In Phase 2b Overactive Bladder Trial Of TC-5214

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Targacept, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRGT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel NNR Therapeutics™, today announced that it has completed recruitment of patients in its Phase 2b clinical study of TC-5214 as a treatment for overactive bladder (OAB). The company expects to report top-line results from the study in mid-2014. TC-5214 acts potently on alpha3beta4 and other neuronal nicotinic receptors (NNRs) located in or around the bladder that are believed to play a key role in bladder contraction and signaling of the urge to urinate.

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